Te Amo!

The most remembered Latin phrase from The Cambridge Latin Course books.

It feels like I've been studying Latin for ages, even though I'm still getting my head around PPPs and genitive endings etc (et cetera - and the rest).

I found that Latin has really helped me to understand French and English a lot better. And regardless of what an idiot once told me, Latin is not a completely dead language. The fact that my teacher is able to give us chat-up lines in Latin (for if we were ever caught in a steamy moment with the Pope) proves this.

Yeah, I know - I kind of took it for granted that we have a rare opportunity to learn it. In the UK, over the last ten years, the number of pupils taking Latin GCSEs has more or less doubled, but it still seems a shame that so many don't even get the choice... :)<br /><br />-domitilla

Hey that's really good.<br />I learned Latin at school and uni but was never able to talk in Latin.<br />It did help me to understand English and French grammar. I found that it also helped me to think logically.<br />Unfortunately, few schools in Australia teach it now.

I took Latin all throughout high school, worked my butt off, took the National Latin Exam every year, and I completely miss it now! Latin was such a pretty language... every time I say something in Latin, I feel like my mouth is full of marsh mellows or something. I really...